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Template Designer | Layout | Format (date)
In Template Designer -> Layout -> Edit Object Properties, you can use the Format (date) method to represent the date as a string in a flexible format.
The Dynamic Field selected must be DATETIME or DATE to see the option. Try the example below, where we format a date in several styles. Type the Format of the outputted date string you want to see in your badge in the field Format (date). See the formatting options below.
Example:
- d-M-Y will output: 20-Jan-1972
- F d, Y will output: September 20, 1972
- Y-m-d H:i:s will output: 1972-01-20 15:01:23
- jS M Y will output: 19th Oct 2023
- d/m/y will output: 19/10/23
| Format | Description | Example returned values |
|---|---|---|
| Day | ||
| d | Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros | 01 to 31 |
| D | A textual representation of a day, three letters | Mon through Sun |
| j | Day of the month without leading zeros | 1 to 31 |
| l (lowercase ‘L’) | A full textual representation of the day of the week | Sunday through Saturday |
| N | ISO 8601 numeric representation of the day of the week | 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday) |
| S | English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters | st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j |
| w | Numeric representation of the day of the week | 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
| z | The day of the year (starting from 0) | 0 through 365 |
| Week | ||
| W | ISO 8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday | Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year) |
| Month | ||
| F | A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March | January through December |
| m | Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros | 01 through 12 |
| M | A short textual representation of a month, three letters | Jan through Dec |
| n | Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros | 1 through 12 |
| t | Number of days in the given month | 28 through 31 |
| Year | ||
| L | Whether it’s a leap year | 1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise. |
| o | ISO 8601 week-numbering year. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. | Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
| X | An expanded full numeric representation of a year, at least 4 digits, with – for years BCE, and + for years CE. | Examples: -0055, +0787, +1999, +10191 |
| x | An expanded full numeric representation if requried, or a standard full numeral representation if possible (like Y). At least four digits. Years BCE are prefixed with a -. Years beyond (and including) 10000 are prefixed by a +. | Examples: -0055, 0787, 1999, +10191 |
| Y | A full numeric representation of a year, at least 4 digits, with – for years BCE. | Examples: -0055, 0787, 1999, 2003, 10191 |
| y | A two digit representation of a year | Examples: 99 or 03 |
| Time | ||
| a | Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | am or pm |
| A | Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | AM or PM |
| B | Swatch Internet time | 000 through 999 |
| g | 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 1 through 12 |
| G | 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 0 through 23 |
| h | 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 01 through 12 |
| H | 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 00 through 23 |
| i | Minutes with leading zeros | 00 to 59 |
| s | Seconds with leading zeros | 00 through 59 |
| u | Microseconds | Example: 654321 |
| v | Milliseconds. | Example: 654 |
| Timezone | ||
| e | Timezone identifier | Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores |
| I (capital i) | Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time | 1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise. |
| O | Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) without colon between hours and minutes | Example: +0200 |
| P | Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes | Example: +02:00 |
| p | The same as P, but returns Z instead of +00:00 (available as of PHP 8.0.0) | Examples: Z or +02:00 |
| T | Timezone abbreviation, if known; otherwise the GMT offset. | Examples: EST, MDT, +05 |
| Z | Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive. | -43200 through 50400 |